With current and former group members coming from 5 continents and 8 different countries, we enjoy the diverse perspective this brings to the group. We welcome everyone of different backgrounds and identities, and LGBTQ+ members.
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Alexis D. Ostrowski is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, USA. She is affiliated with the Center for Photochemical Sciences, and interim Director of the Center for Great Lakes and Watershed Studies. Dr. Ostrowski’s research group focuses on materials science and photochemistry, and the Ostrowski Lab works to design new photoresponsive materials for wastewater treatment and bioplastics. Dr. Ostrowski started as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at BGSU in 2012 and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2018. In 2020, she was awarded the inaugural Thomas Kinstle Professorship at BGSU. She was an NSF-CAREER award recipient in 2017 and received the BGSU Outstanding Early Career award in 2018. Dr. Ostrowski earned a BA in Chemistry from Occidental College in Los Angeles, California and received her PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She was an NSF-IGERT fellow at UCSB and following her PhD, she received a Ruth L. Kirstein postdoctoral fellowship at The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.
Graduate students:
Ankit Dara: 2016-present. Follow Ankit on twitter @AnkitDara3 for updates
Cori Byrge: 2020-present
Irene Baraza: 2021-present
Shabna Nazim: 2022-present
Fatima Naser Aldine: 2023-present
Ebenezer Adom Mensah: 2023-present
Undergraduate students:
Ellis Harlan: 2022-present
Lab Alumni:
Post-doc:
Amie Norton, 2017-2019
Graduate:
Carina Haddad, PhD awarded 2022. Follow Carina on twitter @haddad_carinafor updates. Currently at Henkel.
Kalani Edirisinghe, PhD awarded 2022. Follow Kalani on twitter @KalaniBGSU for updates.
Jayan Karunarathna, PhD awarded 2020 (Follow Dr. Karunarathna on twitter @jaykarunarathna for updates) currently at Intel
Travis Green, PhD awarded 2020 (Follow Dr. Green on twitter @Greentc92 for updates) currently professor of chemistry, North Central State College
Anton Razgoniaev, PhD awarded 2017, currently postdoc with Mark Thompson at University of Southern California
Giuseppe Giammanco, PhD awarded 2016, currently at Johnson & Johnson
Dayana Muizzi, MS awarded 2015
Undergraduate:
Hope Brown: BS Chemistry awarded 2021; 2020-2021
Derek Mast: BS Chemistry awarded 2019; Summer-Fall 2019
Kerri Bailey: BS Biochemistry awarded 2019, 2018- 2019
Rachel Bianculli: BS Chemistry awarded 2018, 2017-2018
Zachery Hatten, BGSU, BS Chemistry awarded 2018, 2017-2018
Jacob Medina, Summer intern from St. Marys, Summer 2017
Jackson Chory: BGSU undergrad, 2015-2017
Bethany Abbott: BGSU undergrad, Summer 2016
Kirill Mikhalov, summer intern from St. Petersburg, Russia; Summer 2015, 2016
Ivan Mosiagin, summer intern from St. Petersburg, Russia; Summer 2016
Erin Kielmeyer, Chemistry major, BGSU; 2015-2016
Joshua Chaffins, Chemistry major, BGSU; Summer 2015
Jon Mase, BS Biochemistry awarded 2015; 2013-2015
Chris Sosnofsky, BS Biochemistry awarded 2015; 2013-2015
CJ Reed, BS Chemistry awarded 2015; Fall 2014
Filipp Obrezkov, summer intern from St. Petersburg, Russian Federation; Summer 2014
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